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Who, me ?
As an aside, I went into Evans recently to look at getting some new mtb-style spd shoes. They had a large display of men's shoes of all kinds, which included just two women's shoes, one of which was a road shoe. So that left me with just the one choice, which was covered in pink flashes so not my style at all. Apparently I have to buy shoes online, and if I don't like them I can take them into the shop and get a refund .
If men had the same experiences as women often do in bike shops there would be uproar.
The proprietor of my LBS lamented on the difficulty of finding the right balance when stocking male/female clothing items. He said that stocking for men was easy; 75% of the stock he sold was mens, men wanted to choose either the blue one, the red one or the black one of any particular item and the sizing spread needed for stock was easily predictable. The low volume of sales of womens items and the larger range of styles, colours and sizes needed made getting it right very difficult.
I guess the important thing is that he did appear (to me at least) to want to get it right.. His wife is also a cyclist and she works in the shop also.
Name of shop (in Suffolk) available by PM to any interested party.